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Dr. Klaus-Christian Kleinfeld, Ph.D., rer. pol., Dipl.-Kfm., has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alcoa Transformacion de Productos, S.L. since April 2010. Dr. Kleinfeld serves as a Member of the Executive Board at Transatlantic Business Dialogue. He has been the Chairman of Alcoa Inc. since April 23, 2010 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since May 8, 2008 and served as its President from October 1, 2007 to April 23, 2010. Dr. Kleinfeld served ... as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Alcoa Inc. since May 2008 until April 2010. He has day-to-day responsibility for Alcoa's operations and businesses, including Engineered Products and Solutions, Global Primary Products, Packaging and Consumer, and Global Rolled Products, Hard Alloy Extrusions and Asia. He served as the Chief Operating Officer at Alcoa Inc. from October 1, 2007 to May 8, 2008. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Siemens AG) from January 27, 2005 to June 30, 2007. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Business Services AS. He served as the Chairman of the Managing Board at Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (also known as Siemens AG) until June 30, 2007. Dr. Kleinfeld served as an Executive Vice President and Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft from 2004 to January 2005 and also served as its Head of worldwide Information and Communications Businesses since January 1, 2004. He served as a Member of the Managing Board at Siemens Aktiengesellschaft from December 1, 2002 to June 30, 2007 and also served as its Senior Vice President. He served as the Chief Executive Officer for Siemens Corporation (formerly, Siemens USA) from January 2002 to January 2005 and served as its President from 2002 to 2004. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Siemens Corporation from January 2001 to December 2001. Aty Siemens USA, and was responsible for Siemens' US business activities, representing roughly 25 percent of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft's global revenues. He served as an Executive Vice President and a Member of the Executive Board at the Medical Engineering Group of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft in Germany. He served as a Strategic Product Manager for CIBA-GEIGY'S pharmaceuticals division in Basel, Switzerland. He serves as the Chairman of Siemens Business Services Inc. He serves as the Chairman of The Assmann Foundation of Prevention. He serves as the Chairman of the U.S.-Russia Business Council. He serves as a Vice Chairman of the Partnership for New York City, Inc. He serves as the Vice Chairman the Board of Trustees at The Conference Board Inc. Dr. Kleinfeld has been a Director of Alcoa Automotive Inc., and Alcoa of Australia Ltd., since 2003. He serves as a Director of Curemark, LLC. He has been a Director of Hewlett-Packard Company since July 16, 2014, Citigroup Finance Canada Inc. since 2005, Alcoa Inc. since November 14, 2003 and Morgan Stanley since May 2012. He serves as a Director of Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. He serves as a Director of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He serves as a Director of the Centers for Disease Control Foundation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Opera. He is a Member of The Business Roundtable. He has been a Director of Alcoa Transformacion de Productos, S.L. since 2003. He serves as a Director of American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and The Turner Corporation. He served as a Member of Supervisory Board at Bayer AG since April 29, 2005 until September 30, 2014. He served as a Director at Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy. He served as a Director of Citigroup Inc., from July 2005 to August 15, 2007. He served as a Director of NYC2012 Inc. He served as a Member of Supervisory Board at Bayer Pharma AG. He serves as a Co-Chair of the Mayoral Advisory Task Force on Stimulating Growth and Diversification in the New York City Economy. He serves as a Member of the Chairman' Committee at The BDI - German Industrial Organization, a Member of The European Round Table of Industrialists and a Member of WEF International Business Council. Dr. Kleinfeld holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Goettingen (Germany) in 1982 and a PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Wuerzburg (Germany) in 1992.

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